1. Baron Corbin is working as a freelancer under the ring name Bishop Dyer, appearing for various promotions such as Major League Wrestling and on the independent circuit.
34 Facts About Baron Corbin
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Baron Corbin is best known for his time in WWE from 2012 to 2024, where he performed under the ring name Baron Corbin and was a one-time WWE United States Champion, one-time NXT Tag Team Champion, one-time Money in the Bank winner, and one-time King of the Ring.
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Baron Corbin signed with WWE in 2012 and was assigned to their developmental brand NXT under the ring name Baron Corbin, portraying a villainous character nicknamed the "Lone Wolf".
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Baron Corbin debuted on the main roster at WrestleMania 32, winning the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal.
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In 2018, he became "Constable Corbin", an on-screen authority figure of Raw and started a feud with Kurt Angle which culminated at WrestleMania 35, with Corbin emerging victorious in Angle's retirement match.
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Two months later, he adopted the name Happy Baron Corbin and began portraying a cheerful character who had become extremely wealthy from gambling.
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From September 2021 to April 2022, Baron Corbin formed an alliance with Madcap Moss.
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Baron Corbin returned to the main roster in April 2024, then left WWE when his contract expired in November.
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Baron Corbin has trained extensively in boxing and by 2007, he was a two-time Golden Gloves regional amateur boxing champion.
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Baron Corbin participated in the 2008 Golden Gloves National Tournament of Champions in the super heavyweight division, defeating Chaen Chess in the preliminaries and losing to Andrae Cathron in the quarter-finals.
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Baron Corbin was part of teams that went to four consecutive Division II National Championships and lost each time.
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Baron Corbin was re-signed to a futures contract on January 18,2010, and was noted for throwing uppercuts in a team scuffle in training camp.
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On September 11,2014, at NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way, Baron Corbin re-debuted as a face with a new look and ring character to defeat CJ Parker.
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Baron Corbin then won numerous singles matches against enhancement talents, each in a short amount of time, until crossing paths with Bull Dempsey, who was winning his matches quickly, beginning a feud between the two.
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Baron Corbin made his main roster debut at WrestleMania 32, winning the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal by last eliminating Kane.
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At the 2016 WWE draft on July 19, Baron Corbin was drafted to the SmackDown brand.
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Immediately after being eliminated by Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose, Baron Corbin attacked Ambrose, causing the latter's elimination.
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When Baron Corbin lost to Dillinger the following week on SmackDown, Dillinger was added to the match.
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Baron Corbin debuted a new look the following week, wearing a suit and sporting a shaved head.
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Baron Corbin confronted the McMahons to have another chance to become the Raw General Manager.
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However, Triple H added Apollo Crews, Bobby Roode, and Chad Gable to make it a 4-on-1 handicap match that Baron Corbin lost, definitively ruling him out of the position.
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Baron Corbin continued his feud with Braun Strowman, being eliminated by him in the Royal Rumble match at the Royal Rumble on January 27,2019.
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The next night on Raw, Baron Corbin was defeated by Strowman in a tables match, ending their feud.
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At Royal Rumble on January 26,2020, Baron Corbin lost to Reigns in a falls count anywhere match after interference from The Usos involving Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode later that same night he entered the Royal Rumble match at number 22 eliminating Matt Riddle before being eliminated by the eventual winner Drew McIntyre, and a steel cage match at Super ShowDown on February 27, ending their feud.
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From December 2020 to February 2021, Baron Corbin began a feud with Rey Mysterio, Dominik Mysterio, and Murphy, which saw him form a short-lived partnership with Wesley Blake and Steve Cutler, but disbanded following Cutler and Blake's WWE release.
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Baron Corbin revealed that, after losing his crown, he had lost his car, his investments, his savings, his home, along with his wife and daughters having left him.
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Baron Corbin then revealed his own version of a GoFundMe campaign, called CorbinFund.
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At the Royal Rumble event in January 2023, Baron Corbin entered the Royal Rumble match in 14th place but was immediately attacked by Brock Lesnar and eliminated by Seth "Freakin" Rollins, ending his time in the match at seven seconds.
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Baron Corbin wrestled the debuting Gable Steveson at NXT The Great American Bash, ending in a double countout.
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Baron Corbin later was paired with Bron Breakker, winning the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament defeating Trick Williams and Carmelo Hayes in the finals at Vengeance Day to earn a shot at the NXT Tag Team Championships.
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Baron Corbin won a gold medal at the December 2023 Jiu Jitsu World League III Gi finals, and a silver medal at the February 2024 Jiu Jitsu Florida Vi Gi finals.
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Baron Corbin uses a lifting reverse STO called End of Days as a finisher.
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Baron Corbin is known for his numerous tattoos which include portraits of his father and grandfather on his leg, full sleeve tattoos on his left arm that include clocks representing family members' birthdays, and tattoos memorializing his friends Ryan Dunn and Zachary Hartwell.
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Baron Corbin is close friends with fellow wrestlers Tyler Breeze and Shawn Spears, singer Tommy Vext, and WWE commentator Pat McAfee.